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About Generation Pup

Generation Pup is a groundbreaking study of the health, welfare and behaviour of our dogs throught their whole lives.

Generation Pup Terms and conditions

I confirm that I would like to register with the Generation Pup dog cohort study, that I am 16 years of age or older, and live in the UK or the Republic of Ireland. I have read the information provided about the study, and understand who to contact if I have questions about it. I understand that all information about me will be treated in the strictest confidence. In registering with the project, I give permission for the Generation Pup research team to:

Store the contact details that I provide. I understand that this information will be stored securely, and that I can withdraw permission at any point during or after the study.

I understand that my contact details will not be passed to any third parties without my permission.

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You have submitted your questionnaire!

Thank you so much for the time and effort it has taken you to complete this questionnaire. The Generation Pup team are very grateful.

Now you can visit the 'manage gallery' feature on your dashboard to upload a photo of your dog for this survey.

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Collecting Samples

We are interested in collecting samples so that we can analyse them to help identify risk factors for diseases that occur later in life.

If you agree to help by taking samples, we will provide you with sampling kits, give you detailed instructions as to how to take samples safely, and also give you access to instructional videos on our web-site.

By ticking this box you agree to samples from your dog being stored and analysed by scientific organisations.

Note: Due to restrictions, biological samples cannot easily be sent from the Republic of Ireland to the UK. For this reason we are not currently requesting samples from dog owners in the Republic of Ireland.

Behaviour Tests

The behaviour tests we may ask you to do would involve either recording your dog during one of his / her normal daily activities (such as getting ready to go for a walk or when the postman or woman comes to the door), or doing a simple observational test with your dog and sending us the results.

The behaviour tests are designed to be a positive experience for you and your dog - we would not ask you to do anything that would cause any distress. For any behaviour tests that we ask you to do, we will provide you with a full set of written instructions and a video to illustrate how to do the test.

Beneficial effect of owning dogs

One area that we are interested in studying is the beneficial effect of owning dogs on human health (particularly mental health and disabilities).

To investigate this, it is useful for us to ask you more questions about your health and that of the members of your household.

Information about other pets/animals

No. of dogs: This should exlcude all puppy(s) that you are involving in the Generation Pup survey.